How long does it take to read The Optimistic Child?
The Optimistic Child by Martin E. P. Seligman takes about 6 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 10 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1995. 336 pages, about 92,400 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Depression in children, Optimism, Prevention, Child rearing, Positive psychology, Optimism in children
